https://www.openriskmanagement.com/tags/information-technology/ Recent content in Information Technology on Open Risk Hugo en-us Open Risk Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.openriskmanagement.com/methodologies-for-estimating-data-center-environmental-impacts/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.openriskmanagement.com/methodologies-for-estimating-data-center-environmental-impacts/ <p>In the first <a href="https://www.openriskmanagement.com/big-picture-around-data-center-environmental-impacts/">post</a> of a series dedicated to the measurement of data center environmental footprints we reviewed the conceptual thought frameworks and challenges. The main objective in this second post is to outline current <em>measurement methodologies</em> and document their quantitative prescriptions in mathematical form.</p> https://www.openriskmanagement.com/big-picture-around-data-center-environmental-impacts/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.openriskmanagement.com/big-picture-around-data-center-environmental-impacts/ <p>Concern about the environmental footprint of data center infrastructure is relatively new.<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> In the early stages of the sustainability movement the volume of digital infrastructure deployed in data centers was dwarfed by the environmental impact of other industrial sectors (e.g., transport, manufacturing, agriculture etc.). Hence even as milestones such as the Paris Agreement (2015) accelerated worldwide efforts towards a sustainable economy, the Information and Communication Industry (ICT) sector received comparatively little attention.</p>